Alexa Zytnick
@zzzytty.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ Berkeley PMB studying biomining of rare earths 🦠⛏📱
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Alexa Zytnick
@zzzytty.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Identification and characterization of a small-molecule metallophore involved in lanthanide metabolism | PNAS
Many bacteria secrete metallophores, low-molecular-weight organic compounds that bind
ions with high selectivity and affinity, in order to access e...
www.pnas.org
hello bluesky! introducing myself here…i study how methylotrophs sense and acquire rare earth elements. my first paper on the discovery of a lanthanide chelator came out this summer! i’m currently working on understanding its biosynthesis and regulation 🦠 #microsky
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
thinking about postdocs as a 5th year grad student in the US right now be like
February 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
thinking about postdocs as a 5th year grad student in the US right now be like
Reposted by Alexa Zytnick
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Reposted by Alexa Zytnick
Excited to share the major work of my dissertation, out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We use Drosophila genetics to dissect the evolution of phage-derived toxins that were horizontally transferred to insects and now function as potent anti-parasitoid defenses (1/n): tinyurl.com/2k9ypyxr
Experimental horizontal transfer of phage-derived genes to Drosophila confers innate immunity to parasitoids
Metazoan parasites have played a major role in shaping innate immunity in animals. Insect hosts and parasitoid wasps are excellent models for illumina…
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December 20, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Excited to share the major work of my dissertation, out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We use Drosophila genetics to dissect the evolution of phage-derived toxins that were horizontally transferred to insects and now function as potent anti-parasitoid defenses (1/n): tinyurl.com/2k9ypyxr
UC Berkeley is cutting language programs with no notice despite the imminent roll out of an undergrad language requirement. Course quality will decrease w/ bigger class sizes & lecturers (both pre-six and continuing) are losing their jobs.
PLEASE SHARE & SIGN this open letter: tinyurl.com/55ybjbyt
PLEASE SHARE & SIGN this open letter: tinyurl.com/55ybjbyt
Save UC Berkeley's World Language Programs
We demand that UC Berkeley take the necessary steps to protect the livelihoods, careers, and education of the students and workers that protect and bring excellence to our language programs.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM
UC Berkeley is cutting language programs with no notice despite the imminent roll out of an undergrad language requirement. Course quality will decrease w/ bigger class sizes & lecturers (both pre-six and continuing) are losing their jobs.
PLEASE SHARE & SIGN this open letter: tinyurl.com/55ybjbyt
PLEASE SHARE & SIGN this open letter: tinyurl.com/55ybjbyt
with the support of @daadworldwide.bsky.social i had an amazing time sharing my science at #fallingwalls last week in berlin. it was great to meet early career researchers from 100+ countries!
November 15, 2024 at 11:24 PM
with the support of @daadworldwide.bsky.social i had an amazing time sharing my science at #fallingwalls last week in berlin. it was great to meet early career researchers from 100+ countries!
hello bluesky! introducing myself here…i study how methylotrophs sense and acquire rare earth elements. my first paper on the discovery of a lanthanide chelator came out this summer! i’m currently working on understanding its biosynthesis and regulation 🦠 #microsky
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Identification and characterization of a small-molecule metallophore involved in lanthanide metabolism | PNAS
Many bacteria secrete metallophores, low-molecular-weight organic compounds that bind
ions with high selectivity and affinity, in order to access e...
www.pnas.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:22 PM
hello bluesky! introducing myself here…i study how methylotrophs sense and acquire rare earth elements. my first paper on the discovery of a lanthanide chelator came out this summer! i’m currently working on understanding its biosynthesis and regulation 🦠 #microsky
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...